Currently doing an auto to manual swap with my 82 gsl and i was wondering if i needed to buy a clutch switch and the wiring harness needed to connect it. does the car need it to start? could i get by without buying anything? Thanks in advance

 

non i've ever seen had a safety switch on the clutch pedal.

 

The switch on the clutch is for the cruise control.

 

oh ok. mine doesn't have cruise so never thought about that aspect of it.

 

Well my car had cruise control before it had a clutch switch so I am confused about that. The car was originally an automatic so maybe that factors into it.

 

Automatics did have a inhibitor switch (neutral safety switch) that will need to be bypassed. Clutch switch is cruise control cancel only not starting.

 

Okay, this diagram helps a lot. So I will need to bypass the neutral safety switch by just cutting it out and replacing a wire there? I am not very familiar with wiring so this part is new to me. I don't really care about cruise control I really only need the car to start

 

You need the harness for the manual trans.